CVE-2006-7246: gnome networkmanager Improper Certificate Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-7246 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in gnome networkmanager. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 27-01-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when 802.11X authentication is used.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.88%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
59%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.88% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.gnome.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.novell.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (lwn.net)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse2 products
- linux_enterprise_desktop11:sp1
- linux_enterprise_server11:sp1
Debian1 product
- network-manager< 0.9.4.0-1
Gnome1 product
- networkmanager≥ 0.9.0, ≤ 0.9.9.98
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL11.3 | 11.4 | 12.1
4 vendors · 5 products
